Male Rabbit Anatomy

Between 1014 weeks the testes descend and are able to retract into the pelvic cavity in order to thermoregulate. Male reproductive system of rabbit in rabbit the sexes are separate ie.

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The male rabbit is known as the buck.

Male rabbit anatomy. They are similar to the cowpers glands of the males. Unisexual and sexual dimorphism is well marked. Sequential cross sections of formalin fixed tissues throughout the urogenital tract with the urinary catheter in place were examined grossly and histologically.

Male rabbit anatomy means the rabbit penis is often concealed by a fluffy mound of hair. The reproductive tract of a male rabbit is similar to most mammals. In addition we describe the anatomy of the urogenital tract of the male rabbit.

This is the region of the rabbits bodymale or female that you have to carefully examine in order to determine whether a rabbit is a male or a female. The rabbit has two testes that descend at approximately 12 weeks of age. Paired testes produce sperm which become fertile as they are transported through the epididymis.

The testes of male rabbits are located within hairless scrotal sacs which are located cranial to the penis. The secretion of these glands is discharged in the vestibule which lubricates the vaginal passage. The male reproductive organs include a pair of testes a pair of epididymes a pair of vasa deferentia urethra penis and some accessory glands.

Gently smoothing the hair to each side will enable you to see the penile tip. The penis has a rounded penile sheath and urethra. In an adult male rabbit the sheath of the penis is cylinder like and can be extruded as early as two months of age.

The testicles descend into the scrotal sacs by about 12 weeks of age however the inguinal canals do not close as they do in many other species preventing the testicles from retracting back up into the body cavity. The genital region of the male rabbit is the region marked out by the pink box. The prostate glands are not found in female rabbit.

The male rabbit has two hairless scrotal sacs forward from the penis and in most mammals the scrotal sacs are caudal behind the penis. An adult female has a pink vulva shielding her rabbit vagina making it easy to differentiate from the purple scrotal sacs of the male. A male rabbit was necropsied and the urogenital tract examined grossly and microscopically.

A pair of perineal glands and rectal glands is also found like those of the male rabbit. The scrotal sacs lay lateral to the penis and contain epididymal fat pads which protect the testes. These testes are large with epididymal fat pads.

It can be easily extruded in rabbits over 2 months of age.

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